{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pathogens-access-appeal-commission-procedure-rules-2002/article-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1845",
  "legislation_title": "The Pathogens Access Appeal Commission (Procedure) Rules 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pathogens-access-appeal-commission-procedure-rules-2002",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Consolidation of appeals",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, where in the case of two or more appeals to which these Rules apply it appears to the Commission—\n(a) that some common question of law or fact arises in both or all of them, or\n(b) that for some other reason it is desirable to proceed with the appeals under this rule,\nthe Commission may order that the appeals be consolidated or heard together.\n(2) The Commission shall not make an order under this rule without giving the parties an opportunity to make representations to the effect that such an order should not be made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1845/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:52:32.149756+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}